Why do the Flames suck so bad right now?
Who do we blame?
My answer.......
Every single person in the Flames organization who was/is responsible for the drafting and developing NHL talent over the last ten years. (Namely 2003-2008)
47 players drafted from 2003-2008 (6 drafts), and what did we get out of it?
Five, count 'em....FIVE players who are still currently on NHL rosters.
Phaneuf, Prust, Aulie, Brodie and Backlund.
(Okay, six if you want to count Pelech....LOL)
- 2/47 drafted players left on our current roster, three if you want to count an injured Bouma
- 2/6 first rounders that panned out, if you consider Backlund panning out
- only drafted two, TWO! players in the second round in those 6 drafts (Ramholt and Wahl)
That right there is why the Flames have pretty pretty much zero "Prime AGED" 23-27 year old talent on their roster, driving the team, and is THE #1 reason we suck right now IMHO.
Ah yeah, just to compare.......on the other side tonight...the defending Champs, who walked all over us?
In those same years (2003-2008) they drafted Brown, Kopitar, Quick, Bernier, Lewis, Doughty, Voynov and Martinez....plus they used other drafted guys to acquire Carter and Richards who are also in the 23-27 year old range.
Oh, and out of all those successfully drafted and developed players, only Doughty was picked in the top 5.
Night
and
Day
Difference
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